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What is a Macmillan Therapeutic Radiography Clinical Fellow?
What is a Macmillan Therapeutic Radiography Clinical Fellow?
Jo McNamara and Hazel Pennington have been appointed as National Macmillan Therapeutic Radiography Clinical Fellows.
These roles are funded by Health Education England, and have been created by Macmillan Cancer Support, in collaboration with the SCoR.
Jo McNamara is currently a Senior Lecturer in Radiotherapy Oncology at Sheffield Hallam University and is course leader and leads on recruitment.
Hazel Pennington is the Principal Therapeutic Radiographer for proton beam therapy at the Christie NHS Foundation Trust.
The aim of the role is:
Identifying and capturing the diversity of roles by Therapeutic Radiographers currently within the UK
Informing and supporting the promotion of different Therapeutic Radiographer roles across the oncology pathways
Advising on relevant learning and development content for professionals provided by Macmillan
Working with Macmillan, the SoR and HEE to raise the public profile of the Therapeutic Radiography role.
Hazel Pennington
Hazel Pennington
@Pennington_haze
@Pennington_haze
Graduated in 1995
Worked as a Radiation Therapist in Singapore
Has a Law Degree during a short break from the profession
Gained Pg Cert in Education, undertaking clinical education lead for 5 yrs
Gained MSc in Advanced Practice
Operational lead for first NHS high energy proton centre for 5 years - project phase to operational service
In 2019 went part time, to dedicate more hours for yoga and tennis.
Click on image for link to biography.
Jo McNamara
Jo McNamara
@SHURadiotherapy
@SHURadiotherapy
Senior Lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University
Course Leader BSc Radiotherapy & Oncology
Admissions Lead
Placement Link Tutor for Weston Park Hospital
Every month we will be bringing you an update on what we have been doing and how you may wish to contribute to the work we are doing.
Every month we will be bringing you an update on what we have been doing and how you may wish to contribute to the work we are doing.
Want to help us get a feel for what you think about our scope of practice? Complete our informal survey.
What are we working on at the moment?
What are we working on at the moment?
Jo sits on the Reducing Pre-registration Attrition and Improving Retention (RePAIR) AHP board, looking at implementation strategy.
Hazel is working with Macmillan on developing the resources on the website for brain cancer patients.
We have just set up a organisation committee to work on launching a National Radiotherapy Careers Day aimed at people looking at careers within Radiotherapy. Interested? Get in touch (JMcNamara@macmillan.org.uk).
Jo is working with the Macmillan team on developing e-learning modules to sit on the e-learning for health website about personalised care, prehabilitation and rehabilitation. This will be a great way for therapeutic radiographers to develop their skills and knowledge in this area and develop the support we offer patients.
We are looking at creating a children's book about radiotherapy and the role of the therapeutic radiographer.
We are working with the Macmillan team to revamp the Macmillan website and create resources specifically for therapeutic radiographers.
We are looking at all the therapeutic radiography materials in the public domain and checking for accuracy and contributing where we can.
We are working on producing some mini adverts to promote the role and scope of practice of therapeutic radiographers.
We are working on developing resources for Girlguiding, Scouting and St. Johns Ambulance to help raise the profile of radiotherapy and the role of the Therapeutic Radiographer in the treatment of cancer.
We are creating a questionnaire to send out to oncologists, therapeutic radiographers and managers about our scope of practice, so keep an eye out! This will form a large piece of work where we hope to make future recommendations.
We both sit on the Macmillan AHP Expert Practice Group.
Hazel has presented at the Macmillan Best Practice Webinar on Advances in Radiotherapy
We are also busy working with Health Education England with National Fellows on various Careers events and profession promotion, including hosting a series of webinars.
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